Sunday’s Obituary – William Holdsworth Hurtley

William was born in 1865 to parents Robert Hurtley and Mary Holdsworth. He was born and raised in Leeds, West Yorkshire together with his siblings – Thomas, Annie Maria and Robert Frank.

From everything that I have found on the Internet it is clear that William was very academic excelling in the field of chemistry. A simple Google search will produce plenty of scholarly references about his work. He lectured in the subject at the University of London and was a Fellow of the Chemical Society and an original member of the Biochemical Society.